NUMBER 1,113

 

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This one from MC is on Ballyboden Road on a gate pillar of an entrance to Ballyboden House in Dublin.

Below: A 'mark on Ballyboden Road in Dublin.

Above: On Ballyboden Road looking towards the entrance to the house with the 'mark is on the gate pillar to the left.

NUMBER 1,040

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This one is at Ardgillan Demesne in Fingal County, Dublin. It's on a mile-marker which has been moved to there from it's original location, (probably near Man o' War).

Below: A 'mark at Ardgillan Demesne.

 

Above: At the entrance to Ardgillan Castle with the mark on the top of the mile-marker pillar at right.

NUMBER 651

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With morale high, M.C. went on to score a hat-trick when he bagged this one on the south side of Bloomfield Avenue in Donnybrook, Dublin.

Below: The 'mark on Bloomfield Avenue in Donnybrook.

 

 Above: Looking west on Bloomfield Avenue with the 'mark at left.

NUMBER 650

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It was on familiar territory that M.C. spotted this one – near the bus-stop on the Stillorgan Road just across from the national broadcaster. It's on a gate pillar at the entrance to the school there.

Below: The 'mark on Stillorgan Road in Dublin.

 

 Above: Looking north on Stillorgan Road with the 'mark at bottom left.

NUMBER 646

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Night comes down and finds you alone
In a space and time of your own
Lost in dreams in a world full of shadows.

Down the street the neon light shines
Offering refuge and hope to the blind ....... 

With the mop-up in Killiney concluded, back in the city M.C. and Benchmarker stopped off on Ranelagh Road to record this one. It's on the west side, a little way south of the railway bridge.

Below: A 'mark on Ranelagh Road in Dublin City.

 

Above: Looking south on Ranelagh Road with the 'mark at bottom right.

NUMBER 599

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M.C. found this one on the entrance to Saints Philip and James' Church on Cross Avenue, Blackrock, County Dublin.

Below: A beautifully defined flatie. The 'mark on Cross Avenue, Blackrock.

 

 Above: Looking south towards the church with the 'mark atop the wall pillar.

NUMBER 572

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This one from M.C. is on a gate pillar of a property called Nullamore on Milltown Road in Dublin. It's opposite the junction with Churchtown Road.

Below: A 'mark on Milltown Road, Dublin.

 

 Above: On Milltown Road looking west with the 'mark at right on the bottom of the pillar.

NUMBER 522

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Clouded by the patina of old age, - it happens to us all - this one is somewhat indistinct. But for M.C. - who recorded it at the perimeter wall near the south-west corner of the Dominican Priory on Blessington Road in Tallaght in Dublin - and for Benchmarker, every benchmark is precious.

Below: The 'mark on the perimeter wall of the Dominican Priory in Tallaght.

 

 Above: Looking south-east on Blessington Road in Tallaght with the 'mark at left.

NUMBER 510

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M.C. scythed a path through the sward surrounding the south-west corner of the complex that was formerly the Royal Hibernian Military School; later the T.B. hospital known as Saint Mary's; and now the Cara Cheshire Home, in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, to record this one.

Below: The 'mark on the perimeter wall of the Cara Cheshire Home, Phoenix Park.

 

 Above: Is it an O'Connor, a Cezanne, a Van Gogh; or is it perhaps a Halford who is now perhaps working through the medium of colour? No, it's none of these. It's just a lovely, lovely picture by M.C. with the 'mark at bottom left.

 

NUMBER 497

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M.C. spotted this one on a gate pillar of an entrance - at the south-east corner - to Stillorgan Reservoir at Brewery Road in Dublin. In all his years in Dublin, Benchmarker has known of the existence of the Stillorgan Reservoir but has yet to clasp eyes on it.

Below: A 'mark on Brewery Road, Stillorgan, County Dublin.

 

 Above: The entrance to Stillorgan Reservoir with the 'mark to the right of the pedestrian entrance at right.

NUMBER 455

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Culture Night inspired M.C. to kill two birds with one stone, namely, to visit the observatory at Dunsink and record the 'mark thereon. Both were achieved as well as attending a lecture entitled 'Seeing the Invisible'. An apt title as M.C. had to resort to the trusty stick of chalk to allow the 'mark to be properly seen by the camera. 

Below: The 'mark on Dunskink Observatory.

 

 Above: A view of the observatory as the light declines; within people listen to the lecture, while without a man teaches his daughter how to defy gravity. The 'mark is at top left of the steps.

NUMBER 432

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The final 'back of the sofa' gem from M.C. And it's another brickie. It's located on Sydney Parade Station in Dublin.

Below: The 'mark on Sydney Parade.

 

Above: The level-crossing at Sydney Parade with the 'mark at left. The bicycle clearly belongs to a side-saddle-riding cyclist. You can press the delete-key now, M.C.

NUMBER 431

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Another 'back of the sofa' gem from M.C. It's a brickie, located between the front doorways of Numbers 59 and 61 Clonskeagh Road in Dublin.

Below: A 'mark on Clonskeagh Road.

 

Above: Clonskeagh Road looking towards Ashton's. The 'mark is on the brickwork just to the left of the red door. Benchmarker is much taken with the old cast-iron coal-hole cover. They don't make them like that anymore.

NUMBER 430

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Three of the 'marks recorded by M.C. on his late Spring safari, seem to have somehow fallen down the back of Benchmarker's sofa. Benchmarker hadn't noticed their loss but M.C. raised the alarm. A successful search resulted and we bring them to you now. The first is on Anglesea Bridge on Morehampton Road in Dublin.

Below: The 'mark on Anglesea Bridge.

 

Above: On Anglesea Bridge looking south, with the 'mark between the letters S and E on the bridge wall at left.

NUMBER 428

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As M.C.'s great, late Spring safari approaches its finale, this penultimate one - a fine brickie - quickens the pulse, strengthens the sinews, summons up the blood ... etc, etc. It's on a gate pillar at Warrenpoint, Clontarf Road in Dublin.

Below: The 'mark at the entrance to Warrenpoint.

Above: Looking into Warrenpoint with the 'mark on the left side of the brick arch.

NUMBER 427

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Another one from M.C. It's on Saint Philip's Church, Temple Road, Dartry in Dublin. 

 

Below: The 'mark on Saint Philip's Church.

 

Above: A view of the church with the 'mark near the corner at bottom left.

NUMBER 426

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M.C. found this one on the base of the railings of the Royal Dublin society on Merrion Road in Dublin.

Below: The 'mark on Merrion Road.

 

 

Above: A fine view of the main building of the Royal Dublin Society with the 'mark on the base of the railings just in front of the potted plant.

NUMBER 423

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M.C. on his late Spring safari found this very unusual 'mark - it is at a good angle to the horizontal - on the north side of Milltown Road near to the junction with Sandford Road in Dublin. 

Below: The 'mark on Milltown Road.

Above: A view of Milltown Road with the 'mark about halfway up the wall and in line with the right edge of the shed behind.

NUMBER 422

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M.C.'s extremely long late Spring safari continues with this one on a milestone on the Howth Road at Killester in Dublin.

Below: The 'mark on the side of the milestone on the Howth Road.

 

Above: On the Howth Road looking east with the 'mark on the milestone at left.

NUMBER 420

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M.C. bagged this one, located on a structure called Ely's Arch, on Dodder Road in Dublin.

Below: The  'mark on Ely's Arch.

Above: A view of Ely's Arch with the 'mark just peeping out at extreme bottom, left. The need for a good wide-angle lens was never illustrated more starkly.